Update on the Party-Gals. That is to say the
Parti-gyle brew day.
I planned to make a total of 10 gallons, split into 2 batches. The first would be the Big Party-Gal, a Belgian Tripel with an OG of 1.105. The small beer got a couple ounces of roasted barley before mash-out and a California Ale yeast. I'll believe anybody who tells me what style it is.
Using the above table, and accounting for the difference the Candy Sugar would make in the Tripel, I figured I needed a total gravity of 1.066 for the whole batch. My Tripel would come out at 1.088 before adjunct, and the small beer would start it's life at 1.044.
I made a simple recipe accordingly. Nothing but Pilsner malt.
The changes required to manage the two batches did something to my efficiency, and I got a few more points than I expected. The Tripel has an OG of 1.114. I'm still processing that. I pitched ~400 billion cells of WLP500 Trappist and three hours later it is already pretty active.
The Little-Gal has an OG of 1.050, and is a full gallon more that I had planned. It's colour is quite nice and I'm confident it will balance the day if the Tripel turns out to be a bit too violent.
I have two brew pots, one I normally use only as a hot liquor pot. I also have a 10 gallon mash tun that was very full. I boiled one wort in the house and one on the turkey fryer.
So, everything looks pretty good so far. It wasn't a lot of extra work, unless you have to hand-crank your mill. I think I will be doing most of my brews like this from now on, though I'll probably try to keep the OGs below 1.1.